We are already more than halfway through 2025 and momentum for the renewable transition continues to build, with the sector setting new records.
From January to June, wind and solar generated roughly 9% of total global electricity – more than ever at this point in the calendar year.
This isn’t just a shift in technology, it’s a shift in the mindset of businesses. Despite political uncertainty, more than half of 1,477business leaders who responded to a recent poll plan to relocate their operations within 5 years to better access renewable sources. Their motivations are clear: greater energy security for their companies, lower bills, and higher profits.
Across our network, our partners are leading the way, bringing local solutions to the forefront of the global energy conversation. But as we approach COP30, we still have so much work ahead to ensure a fair transition.
Asia consumes more than 50% of the world’s energy, but receives far less support than needed to shift toward clean power sources.
That’s why our partners at Tara Climate Foundation, together with leading philanthropies, have launched the Just Energy Transition (JET) Community at the recent Philanthropy Asia Summit. The JET Community is a platform designed to unite funders, clean energy experts, and local communities to accelerate clean energy solutions across Asia. Its goal is to drive a just and inclusive energy transition that reduces emissions, creates jobs, improves livelihoods, and builds healthier, more resilient communities.
By fostering collaboration and scaling impact, the JET Community aims to unlock one of the greatest opportunities of our time: a cleaner, fairer energy future for Asia.
180 participants from 42 countries gathered in Kraków for the European Energy Communities Forum, supported by our partner the European Climate Foundation.
Bringing together energy cooperatives, local authorities, NGOs, and citizen-led initiatives, the Forum advanced the growing movement for energy democracy across Europe. Together, attendees showcased the transformative power of community-led projects – lowering bills and building resilience locally, while accelerating the transition globally. The event concluded with the launch of the Forum Declaration – a unifying statement of the values, goals, and policy demands to accelerate Europe’s energy transition.
#PowerTrackeris a groundbreaking digital tool that tracks and maps renewable energy projects and coal-fired power stations scheduled for decommissioning across Southern Africa.
Developed by journalists for journalists at Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism, the tool is expanding its reach and impact with support from the African Climate Foundation’s New Economy Hub.
In the past year, Oxpeckers has used the platform to publish a series of hard-hitting investigations, from stories on community trusts and land rights to green technology innovation and the flow of critical minerals. These reports amplify the voices of communities at the front lines of the energy transition and ensure that equity, transparency, and accountability remain central to South Africa’s clean energy shift.
By putting powerful data tools in the hands of storytellers and researchers, #PowerTracker is helping ensure the energy transition is not just about infrastructure, but also fair. Explore the tool here and see how journalism is helping shape a fairer energy future.
Our partner Renewables First, has released a new report: “Leader of One or Leader of None – China’s Choice for Clean Over Coal in Pakistan.”
It examines the complex role China played in unlocking the rapid growth of renewable energy in Pakistan, and what lessons can be applied to other countries.
Soaring electricity prices and low-cost solar panels from China drove a solar boom, with imports surging to 39 GW, more than three-quarters of Pakistan’s entire installed generation capacity. This shift is displacing coal plants – quietly transforming rooftops, farms, and factory sheds in just five years.
This past June, the ReNew2030 team joined in the TED Countdown Summit 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya – an invite-only gathering of global innovators, business leaders, scientists, policymakers, youth and activists, all committed to accelerating practical solutions to the climate crisis.
Hosted in Kenya, a clean energy leader with nearly 90% renewable electricity, the summit provided space to hear practical stories about implementing energy solutions on the ground.
A TED Talk from one of our partners, Sebastián Kind, was a highlight. Sebastiánshared how he helped transform Argentina into a global model for renewable energy growth. His talk offers key lessons on smart policy design, how to unlock investments, public-private cooperation, and visionary leadership, demonstrating his hands-on efforts – and tangible results in accelerating the energy transition in developing economies.
Read more about the Summit here and learn how these ideas can be adapted globally to power a cleaner, fairer future.
The Global Clean Energy Network (GCEN) – a collection of organisations working to drive the scaling of wind and solar in a just and equitable way – gathered in early July to shape its shared agenda for the year ahead.
The network focused on how to fast-track iconic renewable energy zones, influence key global and regional decision-making spaces, and stay strategically ahead of fossil fuel development over the next decade.
A highlight of the meeting was the launch of the GCEN Global South Collective – a dedicated effort to centre the voices, needs, and leadership of the Global South in the renewable energy transition.
The road ahead is ambitious, but so is the power of this network. Together, GCEN is building momentum for a renewable energy future that works for everyone and leaves no region behind.
